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Dicto Simpliciter -
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| The argument exploits an over-simplistic or unqualified statement of a rule to disallow what should be recognized as valid exceptions to that rule. | ||
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| "That ambulance deserves a ticket. No one is allowed to run red lights!" | ||
| "I don't care if you do have a bloody nose! No one can go to the restroom without a hall pass signed by the principal." | ||
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| Classification: A deductive fallacy of soundness, with a falsehood in the major premiss, in the Middle Ground Fallacies family. | ||
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| Source: Aristotle, Sophistical Refutations 5 (166b: 30 - 35). | ||
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